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Women's health

Women experience unique health issues and conditions, from pregnancy and menopause to gynecological conditions and pelvic floor disorders.

Interventional radiologists treat a variety of conditions for women including uterine fibroids, infertility, chronic pelvic pain and varicose veins. Historically, traditional surgery was sometimes the only treatment available to alleviate many of the life-altering symptoms caused by these conditions. Today, interventional radiologists use image guidance to deliver minimally invasive, targeted treatments for these conditions, often with less pain and shorter recovery time than open surgery. Discover how IR can help you get back to living your best life.

Women's health conditions IRs treat

IRs treat common conditions experienced by men. Follow the links below to discover the IR treatments available for your condition.

For more information, check out the glossary of IR treatments.

Learn more how IR is changing the standard of patient care.

ear a patient explain how uterine artery embolization helped her get back to living her best life after fibroids.

IRs work with OB-GYNs and other providers of women's health care to improve patient care.

Read more about IR's role in women's health on the Society for Women's Health Research blog:

• Infertility and Women’s Health Conditions: The Physician Who May be Able to Help
• Saving Women’s Lives with a Minimally Invasive Treatment
• Chronic Pelvic Pain: Hope for a Solution

Learn more how IR is changing the standard of patient care.

If you are struggling with the symptoms related to an enlarged prostate and don't want to undergo surgery, an interventional radiologist may be able to help you. Dr. Theresa Caridi, of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, explains how minimally invasive prostate artery embolization (PAE) can provide relief to men without the side-effects or long recovery usually associated with surgery.